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wog box

wog box noun: a large portable stereo system; a boom box.

Noun

wog box (plural wog boxes)

  1. (UK, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A large portable stereo system; a boom box.
    • ‘I was spoken to by an officer ... in a totally racist way. When locking me in my cell she said to me “Don't turn up that ‘wog box’ too loud.” […]1997, Biko Agozino, Black Women and the Criminal Justice System, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 133
    • Yeah, I don't normally go there. They've always got that wog box on.2004 November 19, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, “Jeremy Makes It”, in Peep Show, season 2, episode 2 (television production), spoken by Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell), Channel 4
    Synonyms:
    ghetto blaster, Third World briefcase, Brixton briefcase

Synonyms of wog box

Forms of wog box

pluralwog boxes
alternative formwog-box
alternative formwogbox

Origin of wog box

From the stereotypical association of such stereos with black and South Asian people.

Questions about wog box

What does wog box mean?
Wog box means a large portable stereo system; a boom box.
What part of speech is wog box?
Wog box is a noun.
What is the plural of wog box?
The plural of wog box is wog boxes.

Words near wog box in the dictionary

  1. wofuller
  2. wofullest
  3. wofully
  4. wofulness
  5. wog
  6. wog box
  7. wog boxes
  8. Wog Wog
  9. wog-box
  10. wog-boxes
  11. Wogan

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